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It’s the time of year to be reflective. I am very thankful for family. My Mom and Daddy are both in heaven. I miss them both. I am thankful for the way they chose me when I was a baby, and raised me as if I was their own blood. They taught me to be respectful of others and to be polite. They taught me many other things too and because of them, I valued education and worked on self-improvement. I was taught to love God and live a good life. Have I always been perfect? No. Completely no. But always have come back to the basics I was taught.

Recently I got my DNA tested and in very quick order, my biological family found me. I am thankful for that. My biological parents have also deceased. Due to unfortunate circumstances in their lives, I was removed from them, but the remaining family, I discovered, had always worried about me and hoped to someday find me.

Now I have my very large and extensive family that I grew up with (I was an only child, but had many cousins) and also have a large biological family. I am blessed to have both families in my life now. I will spend the remainder of my life, however long that might be – presumably 20 years or so more – getting to know them better and also letting my Blocksom/Bittleston families know how much I love and appreciate them.

I also have in-laws that I appreciate and love very much from my first marriage and from my sweet Jim’s family.

And I have my Toastmaster family, my church family, and many others in my life that mean a lot to me.

Welcome to my blog. I haven’t historically been very good at posting often but 2018 begins a new year and a new chance to post. I will be posting about things that interest me and these will be in many categories. So come on along for the ride and let me share with you throughout the year.